On Saturday 15 Sep 2012 12:24:37 Philipp Kraus wrote: > On 2012-09-14 02:32:37 +0200, Walter Dnes said: > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 08:08:10PM +0200, Kraus Philipp wrote > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have got a modem US Robotics 5637 and I would like to use it with > >> Hylafax+. Hylafax works fine, all clients can create jobs, but now > >> I would like to configure / test the modem. Can anybody explain me > >> how I can test / configure my modem. I have installed minicom and > >> the modem is setup under /dev/modem with this udev rules > >> > > I have the same type of USB dialup modem running under Gentoo. I use > > > > it for emergency backup, if my ADSL connection goes down. First > > question... is your kernel properly configured? You need to select the > > USB Modem (CDC ACM) support kernel option. In "make menuconfig" the > > path is... > > Device Drivers ---> > > > > [*] USB support ---> > > > > <*> USB Modem (CDC ACM) support > > Thanks, I have forgot the CDC ACM module within the kernel. Rebuild my > kernel, everything works fine except > minicom, it shows always that my modem is offline, but if I send AT > command the modem response
Hi Phil, I'm going from memory, so I may not have this 100% correct and I have no modem to hand to try it any more, plus what I'm going to say used to be the case with a serial connection to a modem. I never had a USB modem to know if it would be the same. If you have a DCD line between the modem and the PC, you should get the status of the DCD signal in lower case "online/offline". If the cable between the modem and the PC has no control wire, then minicom would use an internal simulation of the DCD status and show the status in capital letters "ONLINE/OFFLINE". In that case you will only get "ONLINE" if minicom can detect that you have enabled the modem, perhaps because data are flowing back & forth. You may want to tweak your flow-control options and see if the on/offline signal works when a fax is being sent/received. HTH. -- Regards, Mick
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